Paint-bucket hanger



' C. M. GARST.

PAINT BUCKET HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED mm; 28.1918.

1,339,025 v Patented May '4, 1920.

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34 J; i 2% i 36 CHARLES M. GARST, )13 INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI.

PAINT-BUCKET HANGER.

asaoaa I Specification of Letterslatent.

Application filed June 28, 1918. Serial No. 242,486.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. GARs'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at In dependence, in the county of Jackson, State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint-BucketI-Iangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and'exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in ladder attachments andparticularly to attachments for supporting paint buckets, brushes, orother tools.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improveddevice of this character wherein the hanger for the bucket and tools iscapable of quick and easy adjustment to permit the bucket and tools tobe supported in perpendicular positions.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved structure of thischaracter wherein the support for the articles can be firmly butdetachably connected to the side rail of the ladder, and at the pointmost convenient for the workman.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention applied to a ladder.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line of Fig.2.-

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 55 ofFig. 3.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a diskto the center of one face of which there is secured a hollow cylindricalmember 11, said disk having a central opening 12 registering with theadjacent end of the member 11. Near the periphery of the disk there isformed the circular series of openings 13. Disposed through the member11 is a member 14, and

secured to the outer end of the member 14: j is a disk 15, said diskhaving a plurality of openings 16, and 17 formed adjacent the peripherythereof, the latter of which are adapted to register with two of theopenings of the disk 10. Slidably disposed in the opening 16 is thecentral leg 19 of the detent member 20. This member 20 is formed withtwo other legs 21 which are ar ranged to pass through the openings 17and certain of the openings 13 of the disk 10. Connected to the member20 and to the disk is a coil spring which normally exerts a pull on themember 20 to engage the legs 21 through the said openings. By pullingoutwardly on the member 20 the legs 21 can be disengaged from theopenings 13 to permit the rotation of the disk 15 relatively to the disk10. I

The member 1a is disposed longitudinally through the member 11 and theinner end thereof is provided with threads for engagement of a nut 23thereon. The outer end 1 1 of the member 14;, which projects a suitabledistance beyond the outer face of the disk 15, is formed with anupturned portion 2-1 on which iscentrally pivoted a horizontallydisposed circular platform 25. Secured at four or more points on theperiphery of the platform 25 are the uprights 26, and corn necting theupper ends of these uprights is Patented May 4, 1920. 7

a ring 27. On this frame, and between the uprights, a paint pot orbucket may be placed. On the outer portion of each of the uprights, orcertain ones, as desired, are the paint brush or tool holding clips 28.On one side of the member 14: there is formed a socket portion 29 inwhich a hammer or other like tool may be inserted to be supported withinconvenient reach of the workman.

Detachably connected to the other face of the disk 10 are the pair ofarms 30, each being formed with a. recess 31 for the re ception of aportion of the side rail of the ladder. In the outer ends of these armsthere are formed openings 32 which receive therethrough the clampingbolts 33, a similar bolt 34 being disposed through openings 35 in therecessed portions of the arms, whereby the said arms are held firmlyengaged with the rail of the ladder.

What is claimed is:

An attachment for a ladder including a ladder rail clamping means, avertically disposed stationary disk carried by the clamping means andhaving openings therethrough adjacent the periphery and a hollow memberextending from one face thereof, a member rotatably disposed through thedisk and the hollow member and having disk thereon engaging one of itsfiat faces with the adjacent faee of the first disk, at

tool supporting means on the rotatabde disk and movable therewith, sendrotatable diskhaving openings for successive registry with the openingsof the stationary disk, and a spring held yoke member having its armsengaged through the registered openings and its intermediate portionslidably engaged With the rotatable disk.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES M. GARST. Witnesses:

L. H. SAWYER, R. M. HOOKER.

